The light is what woke him up. Or so that's how Yugi remembers it. It might have been the voices...

"Don't push me Wheeler."

"I'm just wondering how you knew he was out there. In the middle of the desert..."

Yugi tried to open his eyes. His eyes were glazy but he knew who stood in front of him. Joey and Kaiba were arguing. Beside him it looked like Tea had fallen asleep at his side. His Grandfather was nodding off in the corner. Tristan was watching the fight with some interest. Serenity and Duke were listening as well. It was Mokuba who noticed Yugi had woken up.

"Hey Yugi is up!"

Everyone rushed to his side. Grandpa Moto and Tea snapped awake and looked at Yugi. Joey spoke first.

"Yugi... what happened, man?

Yugi squeezed his eyes shut trying to remember himself...

Yami stares at the tomb and his eyes flicker. Inside of his soul the two confront each other. Yugi and Yami.

'I don't know Yugi. I know it is my destiny to seal the shadows away. But...'

'Yami. We will always remember you. And without the cards, maybe you can rest forever...'

Yami looks away from Yugi and sighs

'You will be weakened without me but I know Shadi will help you to return home.'

'Yami!'

Yami and Yugi's soul start moving apart and fading...

Yugi opened his eyes and tried to explain.

"Yami and me... we... we.... tried to seal away the Shadow duels forever. We thought that if... if... we destroyed all the cards and sealed away all of the... the... Millennium items the shadows would be gone forever."

"So why were you in the desert?"

Yugi turned to face Kaiba. Even though he was injured he found the question odd to be asked by his rescuer. But Kaiba looked so intent to hear the answer, a longing, a yearning even. Kaiba seemed to have his life betted on the answer to this question.

"I...I...I'm not sure. I was separated from Yami and passed out. I woke up and everyone was gone."

"Think Yugi."

Yugi looked deep into Kaiba's pleading eyes. He squeezed his eyes shut and tried to remember...

He collapses onto the ground and Shadi snatches away the puzzle. Shadi moves to put the puzzle back, but instead grabs the rod and swings it toward the guards.

"Shadi! He betrayed me and took the items!"

"Not possible."

Yugi turned to look at the new comer.

"Ishizu?"

"Yes, Yugi. It is good to see you are unharmed. But you must be mistaken. Shadi is tied with the items, he can never steal them for himself."

"He is not mistaken."

Yugi was surprised to hear Kaiba agree with him. But Kaiba refused to look at him he stared at the ground as he spoke.

"I had a vision in my office. Shadi stole the items and used the Millennium rod to escape."

Ishizu's eyes bored into Kaiba's head.

"You're connection to the rod may have given you a vision of its whereabouts, but it cannot have been Shadi."

"I saw what I saw."

"No. It can't be... unless..."

Ishizu's eyes widened.

"...Shoogan has been awoken!"

"Shoogan?"

Joey looked confused as he followed the story but he wasn't alone. Almost everyone in the room stared at Ishizu.

"Shoogan is Shadi. Well, Shadi's dark side. Shoogan is much like a spirit of an item, he was even held in Shadi's key. Shadi removed the evil, lust, and greediness from his soul as he took the job of protecting the items. The old keeper named the evil Shoogan. Shoogan must have been released! But how? Shadi always had a great degree of control over Shoogan; Shoogan was repressed and very weak. Only a great darkness may have done this..."

Ishizu stared at the floor thinking.

"Kaiba. Yugi."

Kaiba and Yugi both directed their attention to Ishizu.

"In Egypt a great evil clouds our lands. Marik feels it to. The darkness seems to spread with no stop in sight."

"And we must stop it."

Marik stepped out of the shadows of the door. He looked very out of place and that was reasonable, Yugi thought. He had tried to kill almost everyone in the room at Battle City. Kaiba sneered at the sight of him and Tea and Joey stared, but the others tried not to react negatively to his presence.

"Brother you know what we must do."

"Yes, sister."

Marik turned to Yugi and Kaiba.

"We must go to Egypt. My sister and I have discovered the source of the darkness. We were going to go in alone, but it took a great evil to resurrect Shoogan. We need your help."

Yugi and Kaiba both looked at Marik.

"We will go."

"I'm goin' to."

Joey looked ready to go on another adventure with Yugi, but Marik put up his hand.

"No."

"Why not?"

"The seal of the tomb of Segunat. The temple the darkness has set up in. Only one with knowledge of the scriptures may enter." "Err."

Marik nodded to Yugi.

"We will wait for him to get better. Until then."

Marik and Ishizu left the room with a lot of questions behind them.

I would like to thank everyone who reviews my story. Keep reviewing and I will keep the story going. By the way AbhorsenSabriel87 hasn't anyone told you the first rule of writing is to keep them asking for more? Lol. I'll try to keep moving it along fast.